Peracarpa carnosa (Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson

 
  • Family : CAMPANULACEAE
    (Bellflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Campanula carnosa Wall.; Campanula circaeoides F.Schmidt ex Miq.; Campanula ovata (D.Don) Spreng.; Peracarpa luzonica Rolfe; Wahlenbergia ovata D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Peracarpa carnosa (Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Common name : Fleshy-Stem Bellflower
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kaalee Munte (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Damp shaded areas in broad-leaved or Tsuga dumosa forests or moist rocks by streams; 1300 - 3800 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Rhizomes creeping, prostrate, slender, branched. Flowers arise singly in leaf-axils
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : SIKKIM
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Kuril Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Kamchatka to Tropical Asia
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 166
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1382
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Peracarpa carnosa. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

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